DOW-UAP-PR082 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The originating agency is the Department of War; the record is associated with an incident in the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility on October 16, 2020.12 DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
A House-Requested Record
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. AARO identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network and cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.1
AARO Assessment Of The Clip
AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is "16 OCT 2020 [CALLSIGN] views UAP," is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the AFRICOM area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded it to a classified network in October 2020.1
The clip runs 00:04:46. The sole recorded event occurs between 0:28 and 0:29: an area of contrast transits the frame from the middle left to the upper right. AARO states the clip description is provided for informational purposes only and should not be read as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.1
What The Record Supports
PR082 establishes that a brief area-of-contrast transit was captured by what AARO assessed as an infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform in the AFRICOM region in late 2020. The record does not identify the object, does not characterize its performance as anomalous, and does not establish a substantiated chain-of-custody. The matter remains unresolved and not identified.1